(Forever On Hold) When The Moon Rose On The West

Asteroids: Speed Dials and Shortcuts

There's three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the way that I do it.

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Moon dropped her bag on the table as soon as she got inside the room. It was seven in the morning and she was thirty minutes early for her first subject. Her friends who were seated beside her were not around yet.

She took her Note 3 from her bag and swiped it to call. She opened her contacts and went to letter G. When she found who she was looking for, she pressed it on her ear and waited for an answer.

"Sorry, I'm still not reachable. Call me some other time but leave me a message," she heard his voice and it went straight to voicemail.

Irritated that Monday morning, she didn't have any choice but leave one. She was expecting that he would be awake at that point and should be getting ready for school.

"Call me when you're awake, my sleeping giant," she said, sounding disappointed, and ended it. She looked at the picture of her childhood friend and again, wondered a lot of what-would-bes. They grew up together, had naked pictures together when they were still kids, and she secretly fell in love with him along the way. He was like a bigger brother, physically and not.

She wasn't done thinking and dreaming about him yet when her phone rang. Desperate, she immediately checked it and saw Speed Dial Number 2 calling. She cleared her throat and answered it.

"Good morning, babe!" she greeted him with much enthusiasm. "How are you?"

"I'm good babe," the guy calling answered. "I just woke up. I have classes later. You think we can squeeze in some minutes for lunch?"

"Sure, babe. I'll tell you when I'm there. Same place?"

The man who called smiled. "Yes. I'll see you later."

"Yeah," she confirmed. "Bye babe. I love you."

"I love you too," he answered and dropped the call. As soon as it was finished, Moon shook her head and rolled her eyes. She made everyone understand that she is scared of relationships and publicity. She doesn't want her guy to be hated by his supporters once they find out that he is on a relationship. She'd rather remain at the background and pretend like a nobody.

Bored, Moon decided to leave the room to get herself something to drink. Their university cafeteria opens as early as 7 AM and she can drop by to get some milk tea and check on her friends before heading back to their room. She was on her way to see her friends when her phone rang. She immediately answered it. She hasn't spoken to him for the past two weeks.

"Ivan!" she happily greeted him. "Good morning babe!"

"Good morning!" he answered. "I just came back from my vacation yesterday and I'm still tired."

"Aww, that must cause you an aching body," she told him, full of concern. "Get a good rest later. For sure, this day wouldn't be too stressful anyway."

"I'd love to think so," he said. "I'd better go now. I'll see you around lunch time?"

"Sure! I'm free," she answered. "Same spot?"

"Absolutely," the guy answered.

"Great. Bye babe!" she said and ended the call. She was fed up answering calls on a daily basis from all of them and they all believe her whenever she says yes. When she checked her watch, it was five minutes away from her first class. She rather took a left turn and went back to her room.

She got back to her room just in time. Her friends were already there, books open and memorizing codes as early as the first day of that school year. Moon took her usual seat between them and greeted them all hi. They talked about their summer and as expected, they were discussing Human Anatomy as early as Day 1 when their instructor came in.